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Physiology of the Renal Interstitium

Year: 2015

Type: review

Abstract: Long overlooked as the virtual compartment and then strictly characterized through descriptive morphologic analysis, the renal interstitium has finally been associated with function. With identification of interstitial renin- and erythropoietin-producing cells, the most prominent endocrine functions of the kidney have now been attributed to the renal interstitium. This article reviews the functional role of renal interstitium.

Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

DOI: 10.2215/cjn.00640114

Authors: Michael Zeisberg, Raghu Kalluri

Institutions: Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, University of Göttingen, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Renin-Angiotensin System Studies

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Cancer Research Institute, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases